December 12, 2015
IN the continuing campaign to eliminate violence against women, the Adolescent Department of the Ministry of Public Health and the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport of the Ministry
December 12, 2015
ADOLESCENT children in Guyana are requesting more information on sexuality but the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) office here is concerned that the age of consent, being 16-years-old, is
December 12, 2015
UNLAWFUL killings by police, abuse of suspects and detainees by security forces, and poor prison and jail conditions were cited as the most serious instances of human rights abuses
December 12, 2015
STUDENTS of the Kamarang Nursery and Primary schools were yesterday treated to the joy of meeting Santa Clause and his entourage, who were on a mission to bring them
December 12, 2015
IN light of a perceived spate of police shooting to death suspected criminals, President David Granger is calling for more arrests as opposed to killings, though sometimes the latter
December 12, 2015
An incomplete investigation by the Guyana Police Force Major Crime Investigations Unit has stalled the work of the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) from proceeding with
December 12, 2015
Any move to decriminalise marijuana by the legislative arm of government could be seen as contradictory, given that active strides are being made to bring tobacco control legislation before
December 12, 2015
CONCILIATORY proceedings under Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle on the Annual Production Incentive (API) dispute between the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation
August 29, 2013
MEXICAN Ambassador to Guyana, Francisco Olguin yesterday donated a quantity of books written in Spanish to the University of Guyana Library at the Turkeyen Campus as a part of
August 29, 2013
SOME 15 Reserve Officers and 109 Reservist Other Ranks, including 96 Recruits, conducted simulated exercises in fire-fighting and rescue and recovery of personnel at the Guyana Defence Force’s Base
August 29, 2013
SCORES of young people last Sunday joined the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) to successfully paint 101 pedestrian crossings countrywide as part of its ‘Road Safety and Back-to-School Campaign’. The
August 29, 2013
APART from deposing in his affidavit about the written communiqué the then President Jagdeo and the then Opposition leader, Robert Corbin had agreed upon on a range of political
August 29, 2013
THE Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) yesterday awarded gift vouchers to the top five winners of the Guyana Chronicle Mastermind Quiz Online game. The top five winners are:1) Jasmine
August 28, 2013
THE agenda has been set for a one-day state visit of Venezuela’s new President, Nicolas Maduro who is scheduled to arrive in Guyana on Saturday, August 31.Following his arrival
August 28, 2013
Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc. yesterday proudly announced that it has successfully performed an off- pump (beating heart surgery) coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The hospital operated on three-year-old
August 28, 2013
A MULTIPLICITY of comprehensive and extensive evaluations of the hydrological conditions of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project site has been carried out by a number of international engineering firms.
August 28, 2013
A WORKING group on aquaculture has mooted the formulation of a Ten Year Strategic Plan to ensure that that sector makes “a significant contribution to the growth of the
August 28, 2013
President of the Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG), Peter Persaud says that the indigenous communities will face tremendous shortfalls with the Sithe Global pullout from the Amaila Falls